Great War truck Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 OK Just for something a bit different, the question is, what exactly am i looking at and where is it? http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/Greatwartruck/DSCN0957.jpg[/img] Tim (too) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowtracdave Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 One of these ? :yawn2: :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted October 26, 2007 Author Share Posted October 26, 2007 One of these ? :yawn2: :-D For a Mammoth? No they are far too big. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 Tim, Something to do with a WW1 battlefield in France or Belgium, I would think, for a start............. Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 Airfield site - machine gun test / practice butts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 Changed my mind already - still airfield site somewhere in UK, but air raid shelters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted October 26, 2007 Author Share Posted October 26, 2007 Some good guesses, but you have not quite got it yet. This might help a bit. http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/Greatwartruck/DSCN0961.jpg[/img] Tim (too) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 Some good guesses, but you have not quite got it yet. This might help a bit. Ahhh, se it better now, what about Bomb or ammo stores? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 They're big enough to be covered ammo dumps, but not WW2 surely? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodge Deep Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 Airfield blast pens? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 One of the radar listening sites sort of thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPTA team Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 E pens for Spitfires. The ones we have on Thruxton airfield don't have doors on them so I am problebly wrong :banghead: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 There ammo bunkers, is this Kineton? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted October 27, 2007 Author Share Posted October 27, 2007 Well done everyone. They are indeed ammo bunkers. http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c309/Greatwartruck/DSCN0958.jpg[/img] Wrong location though. It is in fact the "Green River" ammunition plant in Illinois USA. Here is some more info about it The Green River Ordnance Plant, also known as the Green River Arsenal, was a large munitions factory complex between Dixon and Amboy in Lee County, Illinois. It was rapidly constructed in 1942 and just as quickly shut down in 1945. Stewart-Warner Corporation operated the complex to produce rocket-propelled bazooka ammunition for use during World War II. [1] It lies on the south side of U.S. Highway 30. The photos are ammunition storage bunkers and gosh there is a lot of them. This particular cluster consisted of 30 and there were many more alongside the road. For miles as you drive down the highway there are individual factorys very well spaced away from each other. They were all closed at the end of the war and left and are now in a bad state of repair. Of course being in the USA they are very concerned about people hurting themselves so they are well fenced off with lots of warning signs preventing you getting too close (or in fact anywhere near them). The bunkers however you can walk all over if you feel the urge. I was quite suprised to see that all the doors had been newly painted. I couldnt get in though as they were rusted shut. Well there you go, thats what i was doing on Boxing day 2004. Mad as a brush. Tim (too) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 Arendonke in Belgium is the same sort of place. For many years it was the site of BOAR show. Many happy memories. When it was decommissioned the site was passed on to the local community as a resource. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 handy if it goes pear shape. there was a munitions depot somewher in yorkshire I think went up in WW2 fortunatley it was only a partial, or it would have been Lake yorkshire. Can anyone supply thedetails? It has ben kept very quiet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 handy if it goes pear shape. there was a munitions depot somewher in yorkshire I think went up in WW2 fortunatley it was only a partial, or it would have been Lake yorkshire. Can anyone supply thedetails? It has ben kept very quiet. It was at RAF Fauld in Staffordshire, 1944. The biggest explosion in the UK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 It was at RAF Fauld in Staffordshire, 1944. The biggest explosion in the UK. Thanks, I caught an odd bit about it on the radio some time ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazz Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 I've just been looking at RAF Fauld on the internet, very interesting reading. Barry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Degsy Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 There was a piece on the 'box' about it last week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 Well done everyone. They are indeed ammo bunkers. Can we have another one please Tim :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted October 28, 2007 Author Share Posted October 28, 2007 I will see what i can do. It is interesting that these places manage to survive, but out there, there is just so much space it is not worth the bother of trying to remove them. It is interesting that someone had repainted all the doors though. Tim (too) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeEnfield Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 I believe there was an article in a back issue of After The Battle;....if I get chance today, I'll check. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abn deuce Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 Here the story of a Ammuntion assembly and storage facility built in 1942 here in Nebraska.Something went wrong... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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